When it comes to Halloween, not everyone is into black cats and light up skeletons. Thus, many people just skimp out on Halloween decorating because they just don’t know how to make it both festive and classy all at the same time. But – we are here to tell you that with a few classic touches, unexpected elements and accents such as iron wall décor, it is possible to create a space that is classically elegant.

Entryway Spreads: Classy Spins on Classic Halloween

Instead of fat orange pumpkins, choose white. Purchase white pumpkins in various shapes and sizes, tall and skinny, or round and fat. Surround your pumpkins with faux foliage such as sparse twigged foliage with orange berries and autumn leaves. Place a few antiqued gold candlesticks behind your pumpkins and foliage to bring in a warm, fall glow. Finish off your spread by filling a large ivory vase with orange sunflowers and tall foliage.

Elegant Wall Décor

When it comes to holiday wall décor, keep it simple and elegant. Opt for iron wall décor and candle sconces. When you fill your candle sconces, choose white candles or muted oranges. Bright oranges will take away from your décor. Golden oranges tend to work best.

You can also choose to create your own wall décor from deep cheery wood frames. Take a pretty piece of heavy paper and place a leaf in the center with a dab of hot glue. You can also take a quality shadow box and line the backing with a clean striped fabric. Bundle a few same length twigs, tie them together with twine or shimmery gold ribbon, and glue it to the middle.

Bringing in Color

Bring in subtle touches of autumn with solid plush chenille throws. We like deep reds, creamy ivories and golds. Replace throw pillows on your sofas with autumn friendly shades. Fill clear vases with pieces of the season such as mini gourds, pumpkins or yellow apples. We also love wood bowls in deep cherry wood. Fill them with decorative wooden balls made from simple twigs or pretty mosaics in oranges and golds. These are easy to find at any local home décor store or website. Throw down a few accent rugs in chocolate brown to bring autumn warmth to your floors and buy a few yards of fabric to drape across your curtain rods. We like satiny fabrics that shimmer and catch the light.

When it comes to holiday decorating, with just a little imagination you can decorate with class and style. Don’t be limited by the ordinary. Mix classic touches with unexpected items and bring the outdoors in with do it yourself projects made from pretty leaves. From iron wall décor to classic touches of fall, you can turn your space into an elegant autumn wonderland that your whole family can enjoy.

For more great ideas and holiday decorating tips for your home, check out our other articles. They’ll help you keep your house a place that you are happy to call home.

With Halloween just around the bend, it is the perfect time for bringing the magic of Halloween night into every day of October. If you are ready to give your home a dash of Halloween flare, then read on and find some of our favorite bewitching hints for bringing fun into everyday of the month.

1.     Give Me a Hand Punch

Dress up everyday punch with this simple and easy idea sure to make snack time fun all month long. Taking a clean rubber glove, fill it with water, squeeze in a few drops of your choice food coloring and then, tie the end off like a balloon. Place the glove in the freezer overnight to set. When you are ready to serve your punch, peel the glove away from the ice to reveal a perfectly spooky monster hand to add to your punch bowl!

2.     Easy Spooky Touches

Update everyday items with a touch of the spooky. Use spray on cobwebs to give haunted appeal to wrought iron wall décor. Tie orange ribbons on to chandeliers. Add sprigs of bittersweet to small clear candleholders using floral wire to give small tables a pop of color.

3.     Haunted House Photo Frames

Create spooky haunted mansion style photos with just a printer and a set of google eyes. Search the web for old portraits and print them out in black and white. Add a set of google eyes and mat the picture in an art style frame for an instant spooky photo for the hall.

4.     Pops of Color

Add pops of color to entranceways and corners with bright pumpkins in various sizes. Stack pumpkins below a mission style table in your entranceway or liven up the end of the hall with painted pumpkins. Try mixing white pumpkins with splashes of black. Stencil bats, cats or witches to pumpkins as a safe alternative to using lit jack-o-lanterns around little ones.

5.     Adorable Decorations

Create whimsical décor out of small floral balls and acrylic paint. Use green paint and yarn to create a witch with flaming hair. Add felt wings to a black painted ball to create Halloween bats. Suspend them from the ceiling with clear fishing line.

6.     Upside Down Witch Flowerpots

Bring whimsy to the front porch with these enchanting witch flowerpots. Start out with a simple clay pot. Paint the center of the flowerpot green, the base black and also the rim. Set the pot down on its rim to create a face. Next, glue on raffia for hair. Once your piece is dry, flip the pot upside down. The face should look as though the witch is standing on her head. Finish off with ready-to-plant flowers and long wooden sticks for legs.

From cobwebs dangling from wrought iron chandeliers to pumpkins spooking up the hallway, you too can bring magic into everyday of the season. All you need is a little imagination.

Happy Halloween from our door to yours!

We are excited to be adding a new line of Wrought Iron Candle Holders in our store. We always felt like customers came to the store trying to find not only candle sconces that Hang on the wall, but candle holders you can use on your tables to decorate. Well, we were right you were looking for these and sales have been great. Thanks to our Customers!

Do you find yourself asking on a continual basis what can I change in this room? How can I rearrange the furniture? What color do I want this room now? Do I want an elegant or a warm and cozy feel? That would be a “yes” for me and I’m sure most of you feel the same way. I get so excited about the thought of making a space look different just by adding some color to a wall or buying a new set of sheets. The point is, we all like change, but to some it can be a daunting task. They don’t know where to start and they think it has to cost a fortune to get some pizazz into their decor or at least hire a professional decorator. The good news is that is doesn’t have to be that way at all. Since most of us can’t afford to totally redo rooms everytime we get the whim for a change, the best thing to do is work with what you already have and maybe add one or two new pieces for a totally different look.

One thing I do to bring a new look is to switch accessories that I have from one room to the other. Just this weekend, I redid my dining room table. I have always loved to have a set table in our formal dining room since we don’t eat in there often, and it just make such a nice focal point in our house. For the fall I had a small 3 candle wrought iron candle stand on the table with orange ginger candles and some beautiful pumpkins spinkled with glitter. It was a lovley table and full of warmth and brought such a crisp change from the warm summer decor. This past week-end though, Thanksgiving was over and the Christmas decor came out. I carefully packed the pumpkins away and my thought of how to change my table became a search for just the right centerpiece. My solution was to pull 3 tall candle holders off of my mantel, top with festive red candles and bring and an entirely new look to my dining room. The new look brought a dramtic and festive feel to my dining room and all I did was change the accessory of my centerpiece.

There are other things you can do to bring change to a room by simply adding to what you already have with a new find. If you have a picture hanging on the wall, one easy way to bring some excitment to the space would be adding a wall vase. Wall vases can be beautiful on each side and look great filled with greenery. I like to put tall grass like greenery in mine just because it adds a lot of height to the vase. Another idea is placing a wrought iron door topper or wall swag over a door or window. This can make a room look taller and adds some style to a room. Wrought iron is a timeless material and can look great in any type of decor. I would also suggest putting a wrought iron piece over a hanging clock or tapestry. It just adds a little something special to whatever piece you already have.

There are so many ways to add a splash of design and change to any room without spending a lot of money. Please feel free to contact me if you ever want to brainstorm some ideas of ways you can bring a little sparkle to some of your rooms.

With the holidays coming up, many people I know have already started to get their gift shopping list made. It always seems that some people on your list are so easy to buy gifts for. You see an item they would love everywhere you go. My mom has always been that way for me. I don’t know if it’s because we are so much alike or just that she likes so many things, but I never have a problem there. Where I do seem to find myself dumb founded is what to buy when I am shopping for the men in my family. What should I get, a shirt or a tool? But not this year. I have found that though men in general, at least in my family, are not into knick knacks and what nots like women are so easily pleased by, they do like things made of iron. Wrought iron seems to be the perfect gift. It’s versatile, easily mixing with any decor, and it’s elegant yet strong and masculine at the same time. So when you don’t want to buy the men in your life another tool or shirt, remember that a wrought iron lamp, hook rack, or wrought iron wall art would be just the thing that would look great in his study or man room. For the women, a beautiful wrought iron candle sconce or elegantly flowing wall grille would be just the thing to bring a smile and sense of specialness to her day. So this holiday season remember that wrought iron does truly make the perfect gift!

Throughout the years wrought iron has been used as a form of strength and durability in furniture and everyday items. Blacksmiths worked hard to sculpt and shape the iron into many forms for everyday use, such as tools, horseshoes, and furniture. It was built to last. Wrought Iron today is still made to last, but I have been noticing that there is a more elegant side to wrought iron then there once was. Magazines are filled with chandeliers and candles holders made of beautifully sculpted scrolls. One addition that can really make a wrought iron piece elegant is a touch of crystal. Wrapping your wrought iron candle sconces with a small bead garland can bring a touch of magic for the holidays. Or adding drops of crystal to your wrought iron chandelier can make a beautiful statement in the dining. Wrought iron is such a versatile piece, no wonder it has remained a decorating favorite throughout the years.

Wrought iron - strong, yet elegant!

I have always been a big fan of wrought iron home decor. There is something about the way a piece of wrought iron home decor can just fit into any type of style. Over the years I think we can all agree that our taste and styles change. In my first house I started out with a very fun and young pallet of yellow and blue with apple green and then to my next house that went much more sophisticated with dark rich colors, to my now current house whose style is more on the neutral side. My point is that through all of those different styles and colors, my wrought iron candle holders and wrought iron wall art have always fit in as though they were picked with that specific place in mind. It’s fun to try new styles and looks, but it’s comforting to know that know matter what, some pieces are just timeless.

Recently I read an article in the ironews website, that can be found at www.ironews.com, and found out that Frank Sinatra loved wrought iron.  I thought that pretty interesting and wanted to share the article that I found.

Click here to see the original artical with a picture of Sinatra’s gate. http://www.ironews.com/fashion.htm

FRANK SINATRA’S HOUSE, 915 Foothill Road, in Beverly Hills, California, has a wonderful wrought iron gate.
The floriated design and the love for the nature of “The Voice” give to this gate a very particular elegance.
The american-italian Frank Sinatra was arguably the most important popular music figure of the 20th century, his only real rivals for the title being Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles.
In a professional career that lasted 60 years, he demonstrated a remarkable ability to maintain his appeal and pursue his musical goals despite often countervailing trends.
On records and in live performances, on film, radio, and television, he consistently sang standards in a way that demonstrated their perennial appeal.
The same perennial appeal of wrought iron?

I have always been a spring cleaner. Every Spring I get the clean out the closets bug, throw away all the things I haven’t used in the past year, and clean and clean some more. I have always loved fall and having always lived where the weather is hot we are always welcoming fall with open arms. This year seems to be a little different for me though. I have I think what must be the fall cleaning bug, if there is such a thing. I can’t seem to stop organizing and decorating my house for the fall. I have filled my Wrought Iron Flower Boxes with bright beautiful mums. I have decorated my table like I am about to have a wonderful fall meal with friends and family along with adding pumpkin and ginger scented candles to my wrought iron table runner. This fall bug also has made me want to change furniture around, paint rooms, and add new and exciting home decor to my space. Is there such a thing as fall cleaning bug? I most certainly think so. I’d love to hear if you too have been bitten by the fall cleaning and decorating bug so please share what you’ve been up to!

We are so excited to be off and running and hope that you will enjoy and be inspired by this Blog. We have a passion for decorating and finding unique home decor and exciting wrought iron wall decor pieces. Whether you love french country, modern, vintage, or antique, wrought iron brings excitement to all different types of styles. Wrought iron wall decor is a timeless look that brings a great style to your home, garden or work space. Feel free to let us know of any ideas you have had with decorating with wrought iron.